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Genus Epistylis Ehrenberg, 1830

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Genus Epistylis Ehrenberg, 1830

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern Queensland, south-eastern Australia, including Murray-Darling Region, South Australia and Western Australia; size not recorded.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NSW, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, symbiotic (host(s): Cherax albidus Clark, 1936 [PARASTACIDAE] White Yabby (exoskeleton); Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) [PARASTACIDAE] Redclaw (exoskeleton); Penaeus monodon Fabricus, 1798 [PENEIDAE] Giant Tiger Prawn (gills); Scylla serrata Forsskål, 1755 [PORTUNIDAE] Mud Crab, Mangrove Crab (gills); Cherax destructor (Clark, 1936) [PARASTACIDAE] Inland Yabbie (gills, pleopods); Cherax tenuimanus (Smith, 1912) [PARASTACIDAE] Marron (gill, exoskeleton); Leptodius sanguineus Edwards, 1834 [XANTHIDAE] Xanthid Crab (gills); Macrobrachium sp. [PALAEMONIDAE]; Penaeus sp. [PENAEIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Free-living

Associated Fauna References

Herbert, B. 1987. Notes on diseases and epibionts of Cherax quadricarinatus and C. tenuimanus Decapoda: Parastacidae). Aquaculture 64: 165-173 (Cherax tenuimanus; Cherax quadricarinatus)

Hudson, D.A. & Lester, R.J.G. 1994. Parasites and symbionts of wild mud crabs Scylla serrata (Forskal) of potential significance in aquaculture. Aquaculture 120: 183-199 (Scylla serrata)

Jones, J.B. & Lawrence, C.S. 2001. Diseases of yabbies (Cherax albidus) in Western Australia. Aquaculture 194: 221-232 (Cherax albidus)

Villarreal, H. & Hutchings, R.W. 1986. Presence of ciliate colonies on the exoskeleton of the freshwater crayfish Cherax tenuimanus (Smith) [Decapoda: Parastacidae]. Aquaculture 58: 309-312 (Cherax tenuimanus)

 

General References

Anderson I. 1990. Diseases — what type and how to prevent them. Australian Fisheries 49: 32-34 (ecology)

Anderson I.G. 1990. Diseases in Australian invertebrate aquaculture. pp. 38-48 in [Anon]. Fifth International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control. Adelaide : Society for Invertebrate Pathology. (ecology)

Cannon, L.R.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1994. Symbionts and biodiversity. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 36: 33-40 (ecology)

Colledge, W.R. 1909. Lecture on Brisbane pond life. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 22: 35

Fielder, W. 1893. Excursion to Heidelberg. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 9: 135-136

Gillies, C.D. 1915. A list of the recorded freshwater protozoa of Queensland, with a number of new records. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 27: 100-102

Ingram, B.A., Hawking, J.H. & Shiel, R.J. 1997. Aquatic life in freshwater ponds. A guide to the identification and ecology of life in aquaculture ponds and farm dams in South Eastern Australia. Identification Guide No. 9. Albury : Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology 105 pp.

Kobayashi, T., Shiel, R.J., Gibbs, P. & Dixon, P.I. 1998. Freshwater zooplankton in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Hydrobiologia 377: 133-145

Lester, R.J.G. & Paynter, J.L. 1990. Diseases of cultured prawns in Australia. pp. 97-101 in Advances in Tropical Aquaculture, Actes de Colloque. Aquacop IFREMER: Tahiti. (ecology)

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1989. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128 (ecology)

Morado, J.F. & Small, E.B. 1995. Ciliate parasites and related diseases of crustacea: a review. Reviews in Fisheries Science 3: 275-354 (ecology)

O'Donoghue, P.J., Beveridge, I. & Phillips, P.H. 1990. Parasites and ectocommensals of yabbies and marron in South Australia. Adelaide : S.A. Department of Fisheries. (ecology)

Owens, L. & Evans, L. 1989. Common diseases of freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium) and crayfish (marron and yabbies) relevant to Australia. pp. 227-240 in Invertebrates in Aquaculture. Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. (ecology)

Owens, L. & Hall-Mendelin, S. 1990. Diseases relevant to penaeid mariculture in tropical Austraia. pp. 421-432 in Perkins, F.O. & Cheng, T.C. (eds). Pathology in Marine Science. San Diego : Acadameic Press. (ecology)

Patterson, D.J. & Burford, M.A. 2001. A Guide to the Protozoa of Marine Aquaculture Ponds. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 54 pp.

Paynter, J.L. 1986. The disease status of freshwater prawns and crayfish. pp. 99-104, 112-113, 151-152 in Freshwater Aquaculture in Australia. Rural Press Queensland: Brisbane. (ecology)

Seamer, D.G. 1998. Freshwater Protozoa of Tasmania. A New Guide to the Identification of Tasmania's Freshwater Protozoa. Printing Authority of Tasmaina : WRA Unit Report 98/05. Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries 141 pp.

Sorokin, Y.I. & Sorokin, P.Y. 2009. Analysis of plankton in the southern Great Barrier Reef: abundance and roles in throphodynamics. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89: 235-241

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
02-Jul-2014 INTRAMACRONUCLEATA Lynn, 1996 03-Jul-2024 MODIFIED
18-Mar-2014 18-Mar-2014 MOVED
26-Jul-2012 26-Jul-2012 MODIFIED
22-Aug-2011 22-Aug-2011 MOVED
26-Jul-2012 10-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
09-Sep-2010 MODIFIED